JEAN CHEROUNY: ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Jean leaves her trace as a performance rollerblade painter at the Art Hop in Burlington, Vermont and The Middlebury Arts Walk in Middlebury, Vermont, Texas, The Other Art Fair, Czech Republic and now the Aruba Art Fair. Her whirling, dervish style of painting with rollerblades defines her ability to paint abstractly with a unique conviction to her paint. “ I have my experience as an athlete and an artist to go beyond the brush as an active expressionist painter.” Jean's growth as a modern painter guides her vision to perform and lead workshops in public.

She has had financial support from the Vermont Arts Council to teach art in the classroom at the Aurora Middle School in Middlebury, Vermont and The Integrated Arts Academy in Burlington, Vermont. Jean was the resident artist at The Renaissance School in Shelburne, Vermont where she helped students draw farm animals from life and paint farm landscape murals of Shelburne Farms.

Jean works collaborativley with schools and other artists to make cross-cultural art themes of personal identity to help students learn self-expression in their classroom and communities. She is also developing new projects in collaboratiion with others at Bubec Studio International Cooperative Residency in Prague, CZ and at The Generator in Burlington, Vermont. See her website for more information. Jeancherounyfineart.com.